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HOW DOES
T~
COOKTOP
COmARE
m
YOUR OLD ONE?
Your new
cooktop
has
gas
burners. If you are used
The best types
of
c(x)kwtire
LU
USC
. plus heat-up
and
to
cmking with
induction
or
other electric surface
c(~ol-down”
times,
depend
up(~n
the
Iype
of
burner
or
units, you will notice some differences when you
U.SC
surface unit
y(>u
have.
gas
burners.
~pe
of
Cooktop
(;as
Burners
a
.d
Radiant
((;lass
Ceramic)
Cooktop
Electric Coil
r\
Solid
Disk
o
Description
Regular
or scaled
~ils
bum~rs
us~
ci[hcr
LP
~iis
or natural
gas.
Electric coils
under
a
glass-
ccramic
cooklop.
High frequency
induction
coils
under
a
~lilSS
surface.
Flatlcncd
metal
tubing containing
electric resistance
wim
sus~’ndcd
over
a
drip
pan.
Solid
cast
iron
disk
scaled
to
the
cooktop”
surface.
The
folluwing
chart
will help you
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understand
the
dit~erences
between
gas
burner
cooktnps
and
any
.
other
type
ufcooktop
you
may
have used in the
past.
How It Works
Fliuncs
heat
the
puns
directly.
PiuI
Ilatncss
is
not
crhiciil
to
col)king
results.
but
pans should
b~
WCII
hilliln~~d.
C;ils
bumcrs
h~ilt
[h~
Piill
right
ilwti~
aIld
change
h~iit
scllings
right
il~’il~.
Wh~I)
~I)U
IUM
IhC
~(JIIII-ol
off.
cooking”
stops
right
il~il}.
Heat
trilv~ls
[()
the
glass
surface
and
then
to
the cookware.”
s()
pans
Inus[
he
Ila[
on
lhc
bottotn”
ll?r
g(N)d
cooking” results. The
gloss
col)ktop”
sItiys
hot
enough to
coniinuc
cooking” after it is
tumcd
off.
Rcnlovc
the
piln
fn)tn
Ihc
surfticc
unit
if
you
want
cooking
to
stop.
Pans
must
hC
made
of
f~rrous
]nctals
(tll~[ill
that
illtr~~ls
a
magnet).
HCaI
is
produced by
a
magnetic
ci~ui[
bctwccn
the coil
and
the
piln.
Ilcats
up
right
ilw~y
und
changes heat
sct[ings
right
tiwily.
Iikc
a
~ils
cooktop.
After
turning
[he
control
011..
the
glass
c(x)ktop
is
hot
fn)m
[hc
heat of the
piul.
hut
cuuking
stops
right
awuy.
Heats by
direct
conttict
with the
Piltl
and
by heating the
air
under the pan.
For
hcst
cooking” results. usc
good”
quality
pans.
Eicc[ric
coils
are
more fo~iving of
wa~~d
pans
than
radiant
l)r
solid
disks. Heats up quickly hut
docs
not
chiulgc
h~at
settings
as
quickly
ils
~ils or induction. Electric
coils
stay
hot
cnl)ugh
to “
-
continue cooking” for
a
short time
tiftcr
they
arc
tumcd
off.
Heats by direct contact with the
pan.
so
puns
tnust
bc
Ilat
on the
bo[tl)tn
I\)r
good”
cuoking
rcsu]ts.
Heats up
and
cools”
dl)wn
more slowly
than
electric coils. The
disk stays
hot
enough to continue cooking”
allcr
it
is
tumcd
off.
Rcml)vc
Ihc
pan
fruln
the
solid
disk
if you
Wiltlt
the cooking” I() stop.
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